Worship Matters

2008-05-11 by University Presbyterian Church

Pastor Mike Osborne
Acts 2:42-47, Psalm 95

In this message, Mike Osborne shows how the early church valued corporate worship, using Psalm 95 as a template. Learn four things about worship that will help Sunday mornings be more meaningful for you.

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Going Where We've Never Gone

2008-05-04 by University Presbyterian Church

Rev. Gary Fredricks
Joshua 1:1-9

Installation of Mike Osborne as Senior Pastor for UPC. Also, a charge to Mike and UPC on how to go forward into uncharted territories where UPC’s never been.

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Why I Am a Preacher

2008-04-27 by University Presbyterian Church

Pastor Mike Osborne
Acts 2:14-42

What good is preaching? Is it relevant for today? In this message, Mike Osborne looks at the early church in Acts and gives two reasons preaching matters.

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Loving Our City

2008-04-20 by University Presbyterian Church

Pastor Mike Osborne
Acts 2:42-47, 5:12-16

Mike Osborne continues his series on the book of Acts. In this message, you will see that God calls Christians to bless their city. Find out two ways local churches can build bridges to their city rather than walls.

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A Body with Calloused Knees

2008-04-13 by University Presbyterian Church

Pastor Mike Osborne
Acts 1:12, 2:42, 4:31, 6:1, 12:5, 13:2

In this sermon, Mike Osborne looks at various passages in the book of Acts showing the early church in prayer. First-century Christians knew three things that enabled them to value and practice corporate prayer. The church today is in need of these same principles.

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Unfinished Business

2008-04-06 by University Presbyterian Church

Pastor Mike Osborne
Acts 1:1-11

Discouraged? In Acts 1:1-11 are four promises from God that will help you fight discouragement. Listen as Mike Osborne introduces the book of Acts and shows how Jesus’ promises to the early church apply today.

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Go Ahead... Waste Your Life

2008-03-30 by University Presbyterian Church

Pastor Mike Osborne
John 12:1-11

Less than a week before the death of Jesus, Mary anointed his head and feet with costly perfume. For that act of devotion, she received criticism from the disciples but praise from Jesus. Find out why Mary did such a “wasteful” thing. It might inspire you too to “waste your life” for Christ.

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Finding Hope in Desperate Times

2008-03-23 by University Presbyterian Church

Pastor Mike Osborne
John 11:1-44

This Easter message from Mike Osborne is based on John 11, in which is recounted the raising of Lazarus from the dead by Jesus. This, the seventh and final “sign” recorded in the book of John, points forward to Jesus’ own resurrection. It also contains the secret to living with hope, no matter what your circumstances.

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Meeting Someone Who Really Loves You

2008-03-16 by University Presbyterian Church

Pastor Mike Osborne
John 10:1-21

John 10 is an allegory in which Jesus contrasts himself with the false shepherds of Israel: the Pharisees, scribes, and teachers of the law. He is the Good Shepherd who knows, protects, and gives His life for the sheep.
Find out how the love of this Good Shepherd is what you’re looking for at the deepest level of your heart.

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Seeing Life with New Eyes

2008-03-09 by University Presbyterian Church

Pastor Mike Osborne
John 9

This sermon from Mike Osborne focuses on Jesus’ encounter with the man born blind in John 9. In this man’s blindness we see our own spiritual blindness. In his healing we find hope for deliverance from sin. And in his simple story we get a pattern for the story we should share with those still blind.

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The Death of Evangelism

2008-03-02 by University Presbyterian Church

Rev. Steve Brown
2 Corinthians 5:17-21

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Fringe Benefit Followers

2008-02-24 by University Presbyterian Church

Pastor Mike Osborne
John 6:53-71

In this, his second message from John 6, Pastor Mike Osborne explains why many of Jesus’ disciples turned back and followed him no more. Listen to discover four reasons Jesus wasn’t the “Jesus” they were looking for.

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Little People, Big God

2008-02-17 by University Presbyterian Church

Pastor Mike Osborne
John 6:1-15

The feeding of the 5,000 is the only miracle of Jesus recorded by all four gospel writers. In this message, Pastor Mike Osborne explains why this miracle was so significant. Listen and be encouraged to give your “loaves and fish” to Jesus that he might use you to build the Kingdom.

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People Eyes

2008-02-10 by University Presbyterian Church

Pastor Mike Osborne
John 5:1-15

In this message, Pastor Mike Osborne preaches from John 5 on Jesus’ healing of an invalid by the pool of Bethesda. Through this healing, Jesus reveals his heart of mercy for the disadvantaged.
Find out why we have difficulty caring for hurting people, and how to see others through Jesus’ eyes.

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Thirsty?

2008-02-03 by University Presbyterian Church

Pastor Mike Osborne
John 4:1-42

In John 4, Jesus meets a Samaritan woman by Jacob’s well and talks with her about “living water.” In this message, Pastor Osborne explains how to receive this living water and how to share it with others.

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From Darkness to Light

2008-01-27 by University Presbyterian Church

Matt Ryman
John 3:1-21

In this message from John 3:1-21, Matt Ryman examines Jesus’ encounter with the Pharisee, Nicodemus. Listen to find out the possible reasons that Nicodemus approached Jesus that night and find out what he learned and how it changed his life forever.

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Days of Wine and Glory

2008-01-20 by University Presbyterian Church

Pastor Mike Osborne
John 2:1-11

When Jesus turned water into wine at a wedding in Cana of Galilee, many of those who witnessed the miracle responded to Jesus with faith. What is faith, and how do you know if you have it? Pastor Mike Osborne answers those questions in this sermon, and shows how you, too, can experience the life-giving grace of Jesus Christ and respond with faith.

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What Nathanael Found Out

2008-01-13 by University Presbyterian Church

Pastor Mike Osborne
John 1:43-51

In this message from John 1:43-51, Pastor Mike Osborne examines Jesus’ encounter with Nathanael (probably the man elsewhere named as Bartholomew). Find out two things that Nathanael discovered about Jesus Christ that changed his life and caused him to be a follower of the King of Israel.

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Do You Know Him?

2008-01-06 by University Presbyterian Church

Pastor Mike Osborne
John 1:19-34

In this, the first of a new series from Pastor Mike Osborne called “Face to Face with Jesus,” you will discover what knowing Christ really means. Find out how John the Baptist and two of his disciples encountered Jesus and were changed forever.

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Jesus is King in our Past, Present, and Future

2007-12-30 by University Presbyterian Church

Seth Hammond
Revelation 1:1-8

Seth Hammond reveals from the book of Revelation that God rules history and will bring it to a glorious end with the return of Jesus Christ. As a new year approaches, we often times reflect upon our past and eagerly await our future on what is to come. No matter where we are in life, Jesus Christ is King. He rules the history of our past, present, and future lives.

As we wait for the return of Jesus Christ, may we be reminded that we are living in the last days, and as a result from this truth, we must learn to embrace the present

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Crown Him the Suffering Servant

2007-12-23 by University Presbyterian Church

Pastor Mike Osborne
John 19:1-16

Jesus Christ was a King, but when he was here on earth he did not enjoy the “royal treatment” due a king. Instead, the Bible depicts him as a suffering servant.

In this message from John 19, Pastor Mike Osborne explains how Christ suffered, why he suffered, and the difference that should make in your life.

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Crown Him the Lover-Shepherd

2007-12-16 by University Presbyterian Church

Pastor Mike Osborne
Zechariah 9:9-17

The prophet Zechariah, in Chapter Nine of his book, tells his people that the coming Messiah would be a King who would spread peace and righteousness throughout the earth by his reign of peace. But he also says that this King will be a Lover.

Has your relationship with this divine Lover gone stale? Have you given your heart to others?

Find out how to return to your first love in this message from Week 3 of Advent.

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Crown Him the Priest-King

2007-12-09 by University Presbyterian Church

Pastor Mike Osborne
Zechariah 6:9-15

The prophet Zechariah lived during a time of discouragement and fear. In our day, too, many Christians feel paralyzed by guilt and anxiety. In this sermon, Pastor Mike Osborne explains how Zechariah’s prophecy about a priest on a throne helped the people of Judah do what God had called them to do…and how it can help you, too.

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Crown Him the God-Man

2007-12-02 by University Presbyterian Church

Pastor Mike Osborne
Psalm 21

Are you a confident person? With Jesus Christ as your King, you can be!

Listen as Mike Osborne explains from Psalm 21 how Jesus, the God-Man, is not only Prophet and Priest, but King; and what a difference this should make in your daily life.

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Responding to the Gospel of Hope

2007-11-25 by University Presbyterian Church

Dr. Scott Swain
1 Peter 1:13-21

God has promised his people a glorious future in Christ. This should shape the way we live our lives in the present.

1 Peter 1:13-21 provides three instructions about how to live in light of the future God has promised us in the gospel.

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